PANAJI: A full-fledged plastic surgery and burns department at the Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital will be commissioned on Friday. The hospital also receives cases involving children who get burn injuries by accident.Besides treating burns patients, the department is also well-equipped to conduct hair transplants. “We still get cases of women suffering burn injuries while in the kitchen. The most common cause is stove bursts,” he said.Some cases of burns involving men are primarily accident cases wherein burns are sustained in factories. The GMC official said most of the new recruits to the department are in the process of joining and they are hopeful of making it a successful department.The commissioning of the plastic surgery department has been delayed for over four years.
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